The Oakland Raiders' Midseason Report

This season started with a lot of optimism, with all the big-name players brought in. I for one, did not buy it though, and I'm glad I did not. Let's travel back to the end of the season last year. It's mid-February and Raider fans are jabbering about what they'd like done in the offseason to make this team more successful again. "We need a big name WR, Fabian Washington sucks, we need O-Lineman..." etc etc, well, guess what? You all got what you wanted and everyone thought everything was set in Oakland. Looks like everyone was wrong. Let's start w/DeAngelo Hall. Madden players everywhere think this guy has been great for many, many years because he's "been to some Pro Bowls and has 20,823 career INTs" (not literally obviously). And let's not forget he has a 96 rating on Madden also. He's got to be good. If you watch football, you'd know he's been trash pretty much his entire career. The guy flaps his mouth and runs fast so he's got to be good. Nope, it just got his name out there. The guy is ... (link)